Closing Costs

Title Tip: Title Companies Are Considered Essential Services, But They’re Adapting

By Lydia Blair / March 24, 2020 /

Title companies are considered an essential service along with appraisers, banks, and mortgage companies. Most of us are still conducting business and working hard for our clients. Like all businesses in Texas, the U.S., and the world, we are operating in a different way during this health crisis. We have a duty to take care…

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Title Companies Are Still Open For Closing Despite Coronavirus

By Lydia Blair / March 19, 2020 /

As the situation with the novel coronavirus continues to evolve, the title business is responding. Currently, the title business is not seeing many interruptions in business. For the most part, transactions are not being delayed or canceled due to current restrictions. Aside from a few inconveniences, it’s mostly business as usual in the title world.…

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Title Tip: The Romance of a Cash Offer

By Lydia Blair / February 11, 2020 /

A cash offer is more appealing to a seller than an offer contingent on the buyer financing the purchase. How much a cash offer appeals to a seller is debatable.

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Plano Named One Of America’s Safest Cities

By April Towery / December 9, 2019 /

Plano is one of the safest cities in the U.S., national data shows rent prices are increasing, and Americans don’t know what to expect when it comes to closing costs, all in this week’s roundup of real estate news. Plano Named One Of America’s Safest Cities In this climate of school shootings and anthrax-laced greeting…

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Title Tip: The Option Fee and Proof of Delivery

By Lydia Blair / July 16, 2019 /

The standard Texas residential real estate contract contains several options for buyers to terminate their contract for various reasons. While sellers may not like it, it makes sense that the person bringing the money has the most options. The most popular option is the paragraph that requires the buyer to deliver an option fee for…

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